Meta has started rolling out Threads, the Twitter competitor that was previously known under project names such as Barcelona and P92.
For now, it's only available in a few countries: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instagram.barcelona
Here are some pictures of what we can expect.
#socialmedia #meta #threads #instagram #barcelona #p92 @socialmedianews@venera.social
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Kristian L. Thomassen (kristian@calckey.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 22:23:37 JST Kristian L. Thomassen
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Tokyo Outsider (337ppm) (tokyo_0@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 22:27:19 JST Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)
@kristian Which countries is it available in? (Not Japan it seems) @socialmedianews
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:PUA: Shlee fucked around and (shlee@aus.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 22:33:21 JST :PUA: Shlee fucked around and
@kristian @socialmedianews @__db__ hope the APK is available
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Kristian L. Thomassen (kristian@calckey.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 22:34:23 JST Kristian L. Thomassen
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I'm not sure yet. Very very few, it seems. Still, this is an indication that Threads might be right around the corner.
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Tokyo Outsider (337ppm) (tokyo_0@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 22:40:46 JST Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)
@kristian You can see it on Google Play from where you are? @socialmedianews
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Kristian L. Thomassen (kristian@calckey.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 22:44:53 JST Kristian L. Thomassen
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Yes, but it is not available to download in Norway either.Social Media News repeated this. -
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Tokyo Outsider (337ppm) (tokyo_0@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 22:53:41 JST Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)
@kristian Interesting — I don't even get that here, just an error screen.
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Gregory (grishka@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 22:55:15 JST Gregory
@kristian @socialmedianews is there an apk anywhere?
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Kristian L. Thomassen (kristian@calckey.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 23:02:01 JST Kristian L. Thomassen
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Cody Bromley (codybrom@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 23:28:28 JST Cody Bromley
Via VPN, I can see the store page in many, mostly European countries:
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
SwitzerlandNo install option on any page.
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Tokyo Outsider (337ppm) (tokyo_0@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 01:59:44 JST Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)
@codybrom Wow, thank you for checking all these!! Very good to know 👍 @kristian
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Nuno & Lua :DsaprvingLua: (ncrav@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 01:59:45 JST Nuno & Lua :DsaprvingLua:
@kristian @socialmedianews so it really seems to be just Instagram++
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Violet Bison 🦬 (arkd@mastodon.design)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 01:59:53 JST Violet Bison 🦬
@kristian @socialmedianews does it integrate with activitypub as it was supposed to?
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Kristian L. Thomassen (kristian@calckey.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 02:00:19 JST Kristian L. Thomassen
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I'm not sure yet 🤷Social Media News repeated this. -
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Cody Bromley (codybrom@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 02:30:07 JST Cody Bromley
There was a leaked screenshot a while back that did show a feed where a post's user had a mastodon.social username visible, but since none of these screenshots show anything resembling that ActivityPub following might not be coming at launch (which some tech outlets have reported that as well).
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noodlejetski :verified_gay: (noodlejetski@masto.ai)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 02:59:45 JST noodlejetski :verified_gay:
@grishka I've just downloaded it through Aurora Store and extracted the apk. I'm currently trying to upload it to APKMirror.
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Raphael (raphael_fl@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 03:31:06 JST Raphael
@kristian @socialmedianews They gave their project the name of a 1980s British made-for-TV apocalyptic movie about nuclear war? 😅😂🤣
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Runyan50 (runyan50@newsie.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 03:31:09 JST Runyan50
@kristian @socialmedianews @fediversereport Let’s all jump ship from one narcissistic oligarch’s media site to a different one! What could go wrong?
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lord pthenq1 (pthenq1@mastodon.la)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 06:33:46 JST lord pthenq1
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lord pthenq1 (pthenq1@mastodon.la)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 06:47:21 JST lord pthenq1
Salió la aplicacion de Meta compatible con Mastodon ⬆️ ⬆️
It is on! :ablobblewobble: 😂
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Tokyo Outsider (337ppm) (tokyo_0@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 10:02:51 JST Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)
@pthenq1 It's interesting how this suggests they're rolling it out in the current strongest #Fediverse geographies 🤔 (bar Japan, but it's not mainstream here at all and Japan Fedi is a bit isolated due to difference in laws) #threads #project92 #meta @kristian
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nekothegamer (nekothegamer@wetdry.world)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 17:52:09 JST nekothegamer
@kristian @socialmedianews but are you able to talk to the fediverse? isnt that its killer feature?
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Jon (jdp23@calckey.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 18:14:10 JST Jon
Alex Heath reported that it wouldn't have ActivityPub integration up front (which makes sense). Not clear what the timeframe is, I saw somebody saying "a couple months" but don't know what that was based on.
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Kristian L. Thomassen (kristian@calckey.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 18:16:28 JST Kristian L. Thomassen
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There was another comment on this yesterday: https://calckey.social/notes/9go03cmanlyib3x3
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Gianmarco Gargiulo :tux: :kde: (gianmarcogg03@mastodon.uno)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 04:31:15 JST Gianmarco Gargiulo :tux: :kde:
@kristian @socialmedianews I had proactively blocked the Threads servers from my profile, let me know if you can see me from the Threads app.
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Kristian L. Thomassen (kristian@calckey.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 04:31:17 JST Kristian L. Thomassen
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I will let you know when I have a chance to download the app. Also, it might be a little while before they actually open up for federation with the rest of ActivityPub.In conversation permalink -
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lord pthenq1 (pthenq1@mastodon.la)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 16:14:37 JST lord pthenq1
Meta's Twitter 'Clone' Appears On Google Play Store Before Vanishing Into Thin Air
What Happened: During the weekend, many analysts and netizens including Alessandro Paluzzi, a renowned app developer with a knack for uncovering unreleased features, tweeted about the sudden appearance of Meta’s new app, Threads, on the Google Play store.
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BAPTISTE (baptiste@piaille.fr)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 04:57:53 JST BAPTISTE
@grishka @kristian @socialmedianews https://apkpure.com/threads-an-instagram-app/com.instagram.barcelona
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Chandler S (chanman007@mastodon.iow.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 21:56:04 JST Chandler S
So it's basically Facebook. Why would this company create a product when they already have the same product. I don't understand the purpose also this app is 3 years old. Did they give it a face list what's the difference?
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petrescatraian (petrescatraian@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 10-Jul-2023 17:00:14 JST petrescatraian
@arkd not yet, but they say it'll surely have at a later date (don't ask when exactly, I don't know).
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